Burst air tank..

[Equus]

Dunno if you lot have seen this little lot before, a popped scuba tank and associated damage.

http://www.diveshop-pr.com/pages.dir/engl.dir/tankexplosion.html

Made me think, if someones 4500psi air popped in a tourney staging area it'd put a whole new slant on the pointer sisters raining men.

 

[Graham-DV8]

Eeek

 

[Skyhawk]

That's where my old tank got to!

 

[Jon S]

I really don't know much about tanks, but I'd have thought that the bottom section would be one of the stonger areas, being domed like the bottom of a can or bottle. At least if it happens on a gun it'll just be your shoulder, and not your cheek, explode-ified.

 

[Equus]

Originally posted by Jon S
I really don't know much about tanks, but I'd have thought that the bottom section would be one of the stonger areas, being domed like the bottom of a can or bottle. At least if it happens on a gun it'll just be your shoulder, and not your cheek, explode-ified.

Nah, if it pops in your arms you'd be to busy looking like a hundred or so pounds of fresh mince to worry about which limb went where.

 

[ices]

I always knew about this.

Always wondering if my tank will blow up when i fill it

 

[Philip]

I remember when i was in liverpool and 2 guys were lifting a drinks c02 bottle(10'). One guy dropped it and the valve hit the tail lift of truck and whoosh.....armed missile flying down the street. It took down a maintainence shed, few walls before ripping into a car and stopping. And not 1 injury although one of the workers looked like he needed to change his pants.

 

[ChiZZerS]

Originally posted by Skyhawk
That's where my old tank got to!

well it will make tham theving *******s think twice before stealing anyhing again...

 

[ericostani]

has none of yous seen jaws?

 

[Philip]

Yeah but im sure that was pure oxygen, hence the explosion.